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27 Comments

KathyOctober 13, 2017 at 8:39 am

Personally I’ve never seen these boxes before but I feel a little disappointed in that there is not one box that I see I would personally use all of the items. I would care for a box that did not have any shampoo or texturizing spray those are products I absolutely do not want. I would think that Barneys could put together a box that has some fabulous skin care and some luxu make up items. That would definitely appeal to me and then I could justify the price tag but maybe I should be grateful I don’t see anything that I love as I currently have way too many subscriptions and boxes of items and this is all due to the fact that I stumbled across the MSA website. My bedroom now looks like a mini cosmetic store if anybody can relate to that :).

I can relate! My room has definitely been likened by those who’ve seen it to all those type of stores at one time or another. haha 🙂

Actually, Barney’s has produced some really fabulous boxes (well, to me) that included exactly what you mentioned above (luxe skincare & makeup). Those are the types of boxes I generally go for (well, mostly the skincare ones, but if there’s some makeup in it that’s fine too). I think that’s why I was a bit underwhelmed with this latest batch. I still think they’re wonderful boxes, but since it’s not what I’m looking for right now, it was a miss for me. That’s cool though…. it “saved” me some money!

I’m looking at Spring Forward and it REALLY looks familiar. Are some of these boxes ones that came out last year? Could it really be year-old stock? If so, I would only buy it on sale, at a deeper discount than is listed.

All these boxes are great. They’ll be sold out in no time. The products in these
Boxes are top brands. I love, love! Spring forward is a excellent box and great value. I’m getting Blow out in a Box, it’s only 100.00. And I’ll email hubby this link. Heheee

haha! I hope you get the box! 🙂 I got that box too when it first came out, but it was mostly as a xmas gift for my mom. I think I kept one or two things though.

It’s actually refreshing to see positive comments for once on these boxes. Once these boxes are revealed on MSA I actually find it quite entertaining to peruse the comments for a few days just to see all of the different ways people like to hate on these boxes. Weird I know, but they make me laugh sometimes. haha

I’m so disappointed because I have budgeted for holiday to purchase Barney’s, Net-a-porter and advent calendars. I pre-ordered LookFantastic but cancel when I saw the spoilers. Nothing has intrigued me so far.

I got the jet setter with the Byredo candle etc but that’s it. I’m not excited about these. I’m anxiously waiting for Net-a-Porter. I know that one’s going to be at least $200 based on historical increase in price every year. I could be wrong, I hope 🤞😉
My wallet is super happy but my mailbox is empty

I want the oasis one!! Would love to have a Replica beach walk candle and that’s worth more than the price of the box! Totally don’t need it though and it’s pretty expensive so I’ll refrain and just put it on my Xmas wish list 🙂

I think that’s why none appealed to me this time around. I think I favor the variety-pack boxes better. Granted, there were a couple new variety filled boxes, but more than half of the items didn’t appeal to me this time around.

I’m actually surprised there aren’t a ton of comments about the cost of these boxes like there usually are. I guess I’ll have to wait for when their holiday box comes out. ha!

I personally don’t think they’re overpriced since you’re getting a discount on the items in the box (assuming you’d buy everything in a given box separately). But whether the products themselves are over-priced… well, ya… but all beauty products have an enormous markup… whether they come from Target, Sephora, or Barney’s. I guess we all just have to determine if some boxes are “worth” it to us. 🙂

I’ve never seen them go on sale since I’ve been getting them (December 2015), but you can get some really nice GWP bags if you wait until they come out. 🙂 I think their next holiday GWP bag should be around early December. At least that’s when last year’s came out.